TY - JOUR T1 - We need another word for ‘chronic’ JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 125 LP - 125 DO - 10.3399/bjgp14X677428 VL - 64 IS - 620 AU - Rodger C Charlton Y1 - 2014/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/64/620/125.1.abstract N2 - Is it time to stop using the word ‘chronic’ and talking about chronic disease? The BJGP in December has the reference to chronic in the title of four of its articles.1–4 Language changes with time and with usage. For example, the phrase ‘terminal care’ has made a transition to … ER -